Planting trees on 6.4 million hectares of northern taiga forest could remove 3.9 gigatons of CO2 by 2100 — five times Canada’s annual emissions. Canada could remove more than five times its annual carbon emissions from the atmosphere by the end of the century by planting trees along the northern edge of its boreal forest, […]
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Canada courts US researchers and signals wider commitment to science
Artificial intelligence and international scientists are some of the big winners in the country’s spending plan this year. The contents of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget, released on 4 November, came as a relief to many researchers in Canada – because a large cut to the country’s three main research-funding councils failed to […]
Science interrupted
How the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. science are derailing Canadian research. In early spring this year Aaron Fisk and his colleagues were preparing for their usual field season, planning to deploy bright yellow autonomous gliders in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. The goal was to study what happens as the lake transitions from […]
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared. Canada has joined a growing list of countries looking to take advantage of the turmoil in the U.S. scientific community and lure high-level researchers to its universities. The government’s 2025 budget, released yesterday, includes CA$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion) for a suite of measures aimed […]
Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed
Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear. Researchers in Canada are pushing back against a 15% budget cut that Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to impose on most government departments. They argue that reducing spending on scientific research would go against Carney’s own emphasis on investing in the country’s future. Read more in Science.
‘A funeral for our careers’: Trump’s science cuts spill onto Canadian turf
Researchers in Canada prepare for turbulence in the wake of US funding changes — but there’s a silver lining. As US science policy continues to shift under the administration of President Donald Trump, the impacts are rippling beyond the nation’s borders. In Canada, researchers are feeling the heat. Canadian academics are some of the Americas’ […]
Liberals keep power in Canada—thanks to Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to boost research. The Liberal Party, led by economist Mark Carney, won yesterday’s federal election in Canada and will remain in power, though it has apparently failed to secure a majority of seats in Parliament. Read more in Science.
In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election. Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, has pledged to “end the imposition of woke ideology in the allocation of federal funds for university research” should his party win the Canadian federal election on 28 April. The vow—which echoes rhetoric used […]
Building a global biotechnology powerhouse in Canada
Canadian biopharma companies are capitalizing on increased government investment stimulated by the recent pandemic to strengthen domestic capabilities and foster multinational partnerships that enhance drug discovery and development worldwide. Canada has long punched above its weight in life sciences and biotechnology, with many of the fundamental discoveries that underpin today’s important blockbuster drugs and therapeutic […]
As Trudeau leaves, Canada’s scientists gird for a leadership change
Conservative Party, out of power since 2015, expected to win elections later this year. Justin Trudeau’s announcement earlier this month that he will step down as Canada’s prime minister opens the way for a change of government that could have major implications for science. Many research advocates have seen Trudeau’s Liberal government, which has been […]